Kindercare Learning Centres - Woolston
Education & Care
611 Ferry Road, Woolston · Christchurch City
ERO assessed this service as Not well placed in June 2017. Our analysis of the ERO report shows strengths in curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and leadership, with bicultural practice identified as an area for development.
AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.
Roll breakdown
By age
By ethnicity
Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).
Operator
Kindercare Learning Centres Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Governing Organisation · 2024-08-26 · covers the wider operator group
ERO's most recent review for this centre is an operator-wide review — ERO has chosen to review the parent group rather than this centre individually. The findings apply across all centres in the group.
Source: Education Review Office operator-wide review dated 2024-08-26, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
ERO review · 2017-06-13· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Teachers provide a learning environment that is well resourced and responsive to children's interests. They plan a wide range of activities for children."
Well-resourced, responsive environment with planned activities; assessment practices identified as needing embedding.
"Children across the centre experience positive, respectful relationships with each other and their teachers. They appear happy and well cared for."
Children happy, safe, positive relationships; teachers focus on social-emotional skill development.
"Teachers actively foster responsive, caring relationships with children and parents. They provide opportunities for parent participation and involvement."
Good parent engagement and communication; increased opportunities for contribution and feedback.
"Centre programmes, activities and teacher modelling provide children with increasing opportunities to learn about te reo and tikanga Māori."
Emerging bicultural practice; identified next step to further increase te reo and tikanga across centre.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Service and centre leaders provide clear expectations and regular support and mentoring to help staff implement Kindercare management, curriculum and health and safety systems."
Clear expectations, regular mentoring; self-review processes linked to priorities; strengthening identified as next step
Source: Education Review Office review of Kindercare Learning Centres - Woolston dated 2017-06-13, licensed CC-BY 4.0. The 4-point overall judgement is ERO's; the 6 dimension grades are our analysis of ERO's prose (see methodology). · Centre has 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Kindercare Learning Centres - Woolston hasn't been graded on a dimension, the composite uses the national average for that dimension as a placeholder. Each affected axis below is flagged est. When a new ERO review lands, the placeholder is replaced and the score may shift.
The composite is a weighted average of six ERO dimensions, each scored 0–100 (A=90, B=70, C=50, D=25). The "(p47)" style suffix shows where the centre sits within its EQI band (peer percentile, when ≥10 comparable centres in band). See methodology for the formula + limits.
Location
611 Ferry Road, Woolston. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Kindercare Learning Centres - Woolston a free kindergarten?
- Kindercare Learning Centres - Woolston is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Kindercare Learning Centres - Woolston?
- 88 children attend Kindercare Learning Centres - Woolston (roll year 2025).
- Where is Kindercare Learning Centres - Woolston?
- 611 Ferry Road Woolston Christchurch City
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #70107) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Suburb safety & demographics: SafeSuburbs ↗ · crimestats.co.nz ↗ · NZ Police RCVD + Stats NZ 2023 Census, CC-BY 4.0
- Funding policy (20 Hours / Childcare Subsidy / FamilyBoost): parents.education.govt.nz · WINZ · IRD · Crown copyright (policy only — we cite parameters, don't republish)
- Map tiles: © OpenStreetMap · © CARTO · ODbL + CC-BY 3.0
- Machine-readable formats: facts.json · markdown.md
Full source list, licence text, refresh cadence: /sources. How we match, clean, and rank: /methodology.
Data sources & freshness (4 sources · last refresh 12 July 2026)
Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng
Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)
Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)
Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.